Elle Bennetts (born 6 September 1989) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er playing for the

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in the

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(AFLW) competition. She has previously played for

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. She is also an ex Physical Education and Health teacher at Star of the Sea College in Melbourne.

Australian rules football

Bennetts was signed by

as a rookie signing in May 2017 after never previously having played competitive football. She was promoted to the Greater Western Sydney's main playing list following an injury to Alex Saundry and subsequently made her debut in the six point loss to

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in the opening round of the 2018 season. In June 2021, Bennetts was traded to the

in exchange for pick no. 28. She was given the #11 guernsey.

Netball

Bennetts has played netball with

Victorian Fury Victorian Fury are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Victoria in the Australian Netball League. In 2008 they were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the league. They retained the title in 2009 and completed a t ...

in the

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between 2012 and 2017. Bennetts played her first game with

New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts are an Australian netball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have represented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. The team wa ...

in the

2019 Suncorp Super Netball season The 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season was the third season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 15 September 2019, however it was suspended for most of the month of July due to the Netball Wor ...

as a Wing Attack on Sunday June 16 2019 with a 59–55 win over the Giants.

Statistics

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* * 1989 births Living people Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian netball players New South Wales Swifts players Suncorp Super Netball players Victorian Netball League players Australian Netball League players Victorian Fury players Netball New South Wales Waratahs players Western Bulldogs (AFLW) players New South Wales state netball league players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub